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JOHN BIRD, OF ROOKLAND, MAINE.

BARREL. HOOPING AND HEADING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,639, dated January 29, 1901.

Application filed December 6, 1899. $erial No. 739,369. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BIRD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rockland, county of Knox, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel Hooping and Heading Machines, of which the following is a specification, refer ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine complete; Fig. 2, a detail vertical section of the barrel supporting and rotating devices; Fig. 3, a detail side elevation of one of the outer clamps; Fig. 4, a detail plan view showing the mechanism for operating the clamps; Fig. 5, a detail vertical section through a portion of the turn-table, showing the lever for operating the clamps; Fig. 6, a detail side elevation of the hoop-carrier, the clencherplate 0 being shown in vertical section and the adjacent parts of the frame, the mailercarriage p, and the turn-table being shown; Fig. 7, a detail view, partly in section, of the hoop-carrier; Fig. 8, a plan view, partly in section, of the device shown in Fig. 6, the parts being in the position they occupy in beginning the operation of windijng'a hoop; Fig. 8 a plan view, partly in section, of the devices shown in Fig. 6,' the hoop being completely wound and overlapped on the clencherplate and the hoop-presser q being shown; Fig. 9, a detail perspective view of the hoop-- presser; Fig. 10, a side elevation of the nailer mechanism; Fig. 11, a detail plan, partly in section, of the carriage carrying the nailholding devices; Fig. 12, a vertical section view of the nailing mechanism; Fig. 13, adel'ail view of the inner face of one of the side plates of the nailer-carriage; Fig. 14., a plan view of the base-plate of the carriage, the side plates and the supporting-posts being shown in section; Fig. 15, a horizontal section on the line 15 of Fig. 12; Fig. 15, a detail plan view of the hammer; Fig. 16, a plan view of the nailer mechanism, the adjacent parts of the hoop-winding mechanism being shown; Fig. 17, a vertical sectional view of the nail feeding and delivery devices; Fig. 18, a horizontal section talgen on the line l8 18 of Fig. 17; Fig. 19, a horizontal section taken on the line 19 19 of Fig. 17; Fig. 20, a horizontal section taken on the line 20 20 of Fig. 17; Fig. 21, a detail section on the line 2]. 21 of Fig. 17; Fig. 22, a detail plan of one of the parts (block a of the nail-feeding devices; Fig. 23, a detail front elevation of the supplemental carriage carrying the nail-holding and nail-driving pins; Fig. 24, a side ele vation of the same, partly in section, showing the adjacent parts of the nail-feeding and nail-delivering devices; Figs. 25, 26, and 27, detail views of one of the nail-holding blocks and drivihg-pins; Fig. 28, a plan view of the complete machine; Fig; 29 a transverse section taken as nearly as possible on the zigzag line 29 of Fig. 1; Fig. 30, a detail side elevation, and Fig. 31 a detail of the edge elevation, of one of the hoop-drivers; Fig. 32, a detail perspective view of a part of the clutchshifting mechanism; Fig. 33, a side elevation of the machine complete; Fig. 3 1, a vertical section taken as nearly as possible on the line 3 1 of Fig. 1; Figs. 35, 36, 37, and 38, vertical sectional views, partly in side elevation,showing the various movements and positions of the hoop driving and removing devices and head-setting devices.

This machine is designed for hooping and heading that class of barrels known to the trade as slack-barrels; and it is adapted to receive the barrel after it leaves the crozingmachine, the croze and chamfer being cut in each end of the barrel and each end of the barrel being provided with a temporary or truss iron hoop.

The machine is designed to perform the following operations in the order named: first, support and clamp the barrel in a vertical position and rotate it on its vertical axis and simultaneously wind the hoops thereon, the ends of the hoops being overlapped in position to be nailed, the hoop on the bilge of the barrel being first applied and then the hoops at the end of the barrel; second, nail the overlapped ends of the hoops together, the nails being clenched on the inner side of the hoop, so that the hoop looselysurrounds the barrel; third, drive or jam the hoops down upon the barrel and remove the truss-hoop; fourth, insert the barrel-head, after which the end hoops are put on and nailed the same as with bilge-hoop. One end of the barrel is hooped and headed at a time, the barrel being then taken out and turned over to have its oppoon a drive-shaft h, carrying a band-wheel t and a clutch j on its outer end, said clutch being controlled by a spring-actuated footlever and connecting-rods l m, whereby the operator may at will cause the table to rotate by depressing the foot-lever, and thereby engaging the clutch.

The segments a are separated, so as to provide radial grooves 02, and these grooves and the central space between the inner ends of" the segments are covered over by a plate 0, circular in shape and of a diameter adapted to fit within the end of the barrel, the segments being provided with upward projections or enlargements 1), so as to bring said plate slightly up into the barrel. The end of the barrel therefore surrounds the plate 0 and said projections and rests upon the segments outside of said projections.

Rotatingly mounted upon the upper end of the central bolt 6 between the table 1) and plate 0 and the inner ends of the segments is a ring g, which is recessed centrally to receive the nut on the upper end of said bolt. Connected to said ring is a radial arm T, which extends out to the edge of the table and then upward to a handle 3, by means of which the ring q may be partially rotated, said lever being provided with a pawl 25 at its lower end in order that it may be locked in its adjusted position, said pawl being adapted to gravitatingly engage ratchet-teeth u on the adjacent edge of the turn-table and to be withdrawn from said teeth by means of a suitable rod 0 and griplever w. One of the segments 'a is divided radially to form a space a; for said bar 9" to work in.

The ring (1 is provided with four equidistant radial lugs y, which are located at points between the radial grooves 'n. In the bottoms of the groovesn slide the inward-extending arms .6 of the outer clamps a, the inner ends of these arms a being pivotally connected to lugs y by means of links I), one bar being connected to each of the lugs, whereby the rotation or oscillation of ring (1 will push out or draw in the clamps, according as the ring is moved in one direction or the other. The vertical branches of these outer clamps rise to near the middle of the barrel and are provided with inward-extending ends to firmly grasp the barrel at that point. One

of the uprights of these clamps is made considerably shorter than the others, as shown in Fig. 1, and one of the uprights adjacent this shorter clamp is jointed, so that it may swing down in a direction tangential to the turn-table, this joint being formed by bifurcating the lower section of the standard and pivotally securing therein the lower flattened end of the upper section by means of horizontal bolt 0, which is radial with respect to the circular turn-table. The upper section of the upright is shouldered at cl, and said shoulders are adapted to abut against shoulders on the upper ends of the bifurcated part of the lower section,.both abutting faces of these shoulders being inclined, forming a sort of rule-joint, that serves to keep the parts of the two sections in vertical alinement. The upper section is held up normally by means of a spring 6, so that it will return to position when it is released after being turned down.

The inner clamps consist simply of plates or blocks f, fitting in grooves n and resting on bars ,2 and being pivotally connected at their inner ends to lugs 'y by links g, similar to links 1), but which extend in the opposite directions from said links 17, whereby when ring q is turned the inner jaws f will slide in the opposite directions from the jaws a. It will be observed that the bars 2 of the outer clamps rest upon the turn-table and in turn support the inner clamps f, both clamps fitting the grooves or spaces between the segments, so that they shall be guided radially.

To place the barrel, it is simply lifted high enough to pass over the shorter one of' the clamp members a, the upper section of the jointed member being pressed down to one side by the barrel itself. Thus this shorter clamp-arm and the jointed clamp-arm avoid the necessity of lifting the barrel to the height of the longer clamp-arms. The elevated plate 0 covers the working parts of the clamps and assists in placing the barrel, and the barrel is clamped in place and centered by moving the operating-lever in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 4:, this movement causing the inner clamps to engage the lower edge of the barrel at the chamfer and the outer clamp to grasp the barrel near its mid-length. The barrel is then ready to be rotated to wind the hoop around it.

The hoop winder consists of a tubular socket h, fastened rigidly to the tu rn-table at one edge and rising vertically therefrom and inclining slightly toward the barrel, this socket being slotted longitudinally to receive a lug 6, carried by a rod j, working vertically in the socket and having clamped rigidly to its upper end an arm is, the lower bent end Z of this arm resting on the upper end of socket h and limiting the downward movement of the rod j. The upper end of arm Z0 is bent inward to near the barrel, its upper extremity terminatinga little above that point below the upper end of the barrel where it is desired to apply the upper bilge-hoop. The upper end of this arm is provided with a suitable hoop-clamp, consisting in the present instance of a vertical pin carrying a toothed barrel rotates.

cam 'm, said pin depending from the inward bent end of arm and said cam being toothed on its inner face, this toothed face operating, in conjunction with a lip n, depending from the said inward bent end of arm to grasp the end of the hoop, the end of the hoop beinginserted between the cam and the lip from below. Supported between this clamp and the barrel is a slightly-convexed clencherplate 0, as hereinafter more fully described. Mounted on the carriage p of the nailer is a hoop-presser g, which consists of a horizontal rod '1", working through a sleeve 3', secured to the nailer-carriage p andarranged radially with respect to the barrel-support, said rod being normally pressed inward toward the barrel by means of the coil-spring t, the rod being restricted in its movement toward the barrel by means of nuts u on the outer end of the rod. The inner end of the rod carries a head-block '0, arranged vertically and provided at its upper end with a projection 10, which is adapted to bear upon the hoop and hold it close to the barrel while it is being wound thereon and nailed. The lower end of head 0' is provided with a camlug 50'. This hoop-presser is supported in the circular path of the hoop-clamp, and in order that it may be pushed back out of the way to let the clamp pass the arm 75 is provided near its upper end with a camlip y, which as the turn-table rotates strikes cam 00' and pushes back the hoop-presser and holds it out until the, clamp carrying the end of the hoop has passed. The hoop-presser carries a rod 2, which is secured to the lower end of the headblock and extends outward parallel with rod 7' and works in a recess alongside the opening in which said rod r works, thereby serving to guide the hoop-presser in its movements.

To apply the hoop, the thin or lap end there ofthat is, the lapped part that is to lie next to the -barrelis inserted up between parts m and n and clamped therebetween, and the table is then rotated, the operator holding tightly to the hoop and paying it out as the When the hoop-clamp passes the hoop-presser, if it were not already beyond it when the end of the hoop was inserted in the clamp, the lip y will impinge against cam 00 and move the hoop-presser outward far enough to permit the clamp to pass, and the hoop presser will normally fly inward against the barrel or against the hoop, if the same beheld in alinement therewith, and keep the hoop pressed against the barrel, and thereby assistin windingit tightly. It is not essential, however, that the hoop-presser bear upon the hoop during the winding action, as the operator can hold it tightly enough against the barrel without assistance. When the barrel has made a complete or nearly a complete turn, the operator inserts the free portion of the hoop up between cam m and arm k and sees that the extreme end of the hoop is placed under the hoop-Presser, by which it is held in place upon the inner part of the hoop, the operator bringing the turn-table to a standstill just as the end of the hoop reaches the hoop-presser. Thus placing the tail end of the hoop up back of the cam m will of course cause a slight bulging of the hoop at that point, but said cam m will not be thick enough to make the bulge sufficiently large to be of serious consequence. The clencher-plate is provided with a shoulder 0 on its outer face in such position with relation to the clamp that the overlapped parts of the hoop may bear up against it and be thereby held in proper position with reference to the nailing mechanism. This shoulder also serves as a guide in winding the hoop. The attendant, holding the free end of the hoop and controlling the movement of the turn-table through the medium of the foot-lever It, simply needs to see that the overlapped portions of the hoop lie upon the clencher-plate when the .winding is completed, this being an easy matter, as the clencher-plate and hoop-presser are stationary. After the overlapped ends of the hoop are nailed together the hoop can be readily discharged from the clamp and hoop-presser by forcing it downward, this being done by the hoopdrivers 0 d hereinafter described. As will be observed, the clencher and hoop-presser are adapted to move upward and downward with the nailcarrier. The object of this is to enable the parts to be raised sufficiently to apply the end hoops.

Attached to the nail-carriage p by means of rods a is a cam-rail b curved to correspond to the circular path of the hoop-clamp and supported at a suitable point below the same just outside of the socket h and near its upper end, this cam inclining upward in the direction of rotation of the turn-table. Adapted to travel on this cam is a roller 0 carried by the bent arm 70. This cam is supported in such relation to said roller 0 that in applying the bilge-hoop said roller simply passes over said cam without being elevated thereby; but when the nail-carriage p is elevated (in the manner hereinafter set forth) to apply the end hoops or a higher bilge-hoop this cam rail will be correspondingly elevated, so that as the table rotates the roller 0 will travel up the cam and elevate the hoop-clamp to its proper position with respect to the clencher and hoop-presser, the sliding connection between arm it and its supporting-socketh permitting this movement and lug t" preventing any swerving of the clamp. When the roller 0 is off the cam-rail, the tendency of arm it is to rest normally on the end of the socket h, and thus bring the hoopclamp out of alinement with the hoop-presser and the clencher; but this tendency will not in practice interfere with the proper winding of the hoop, as the friction of the hoop against thebarrel or clencher, if the operator hold the hoop tightly against the same, will prevent any material drop of the hoop-clamp;

but even if there be a slight fall of the hoopcarrier the rail 5 is of such length as to bring the hoop clamp up in time to insure the proper alinement of the overlapped ends of the hoop. A portion of the upper end of rail 29 is horizontal, so that during the latter part of the winding operation the hoop-clamp will move horizontally in exact alinement with the clencher and hoop-presser.

The inward inclination of the lower section h of the hoop-winder corresponds approximately to the taper of the barrel, so that when the hoop-winder is vertically extended to wind the end hoops the hoop-clamp will be moved inward close to the form a on which the end hoops are wound, and in order that the clencher-plate shall be correspondingly adjusted inward its supporting-arms d engage inclined uprights e supported on the adjacent posts f of the main frame, as more fullyhereinaftersetforth. Thehoop-presser being resiliently pressed outward will normally press against the former a when said former is lowered upon the end of the barrel.

Nailing mechanism.-This part of the machine is specifically illustrated on Sheets 4 to 9, inclusive. Broadly speaking, this mechanism comprises a carriage made adjustable on its support, so that it may be raised and lowered to bring the devices to the proper point with respect to the barrel, and a sup.- plemental carriage supported by the main carriage and adapted to be slid inward close to the overlapped ends of the hoop at the moment of driving the nails, and suitable nail-feedin g and driving devices,as more fully hereinafter set forth.

The main carriage p is comprised of two side plates g (shown in detail in Fig. 13,) being connected by rigidhorizontal plates 77, andvl Each side plate g has an outwardextending bracket j near its lower end and an inward-extending bracket k at its inner edge, and the lower plate 77. is bolted rigidly to these brackets, as shown most clearly in Fig. 14:. It is on a lateral extension of the inner end of this plate It that the tube 8' of the hoop-presser is formed.

The upper plate 71 is supported rigidly on lugs Z and on inward-extending brackets m The side plates g are vertically grooved to tit suitable vertical ways on the frame-posts f so that the carriage may slide vertically on the posts. The carriage is secured removably to the posts by means of plates n bolted to the side plates of the carriage and extendingoutward over the side edges of the guideways on the posts.

The drive-shaft 0 is provided with a drivepulley p and a clutch (1 which latter is thrown into, and out of gear by means of a lever r connected by a rod 8 to a vertical hand-lever t pivoted on the outside of one of the posts f and extending upward to near the base-plate 71 of the carriage. Pivoted 0n the upper end of lever t is a pawl or latch lever M2, one arm of which extends upward alongside the upper or handle end of lever t and the other arm of which extends inward under a slidable rod '0 mounted in bearings 10 on the posts f said rod lying parallel to the base-plate of the carriage and being provided with a notch 00 on its under side at a point between said bearings 10 The inward-extending arm of pawl a normally remains out of engagement with notch m but when the operator grasps the handle of t and the upper arm of pawl 162 the inward-extending arm of lever a is raised and held against the under side of rod '0 and by moving said lever 15 on its pivot said in ward extending arm may be made to engage in notch :0 looking the rod to said lever and enabling it to be shifted back and forth with the lever. It will also be observed that by shifting lever t inward-v 8., toward the barrel-supportthe clutch will be thrown into engagement and by shifting it away from the barrel-support the clutch will be disengaged.

The drive'shaft 0 carries a bevel-pinion 11 which meshes with a bevel-gear Z2, supported slidingly upon a vertical shaft 04 journaled in bearings b bolted one to the main frame and the other to the main carriage, said shaft a extending up through an opening in the outer end of the base-plate 71, and having secured to its upper extremity a bevel-gear c meshing with a bevel-gear d on a short shaft 6 journaled in abearingf mounted on the upper plate The gear .2 is supported entirely on pinion 3 and shaft a is slidable through it by reason of a spline-and-feather connection therewith. The shaft 01, is vertically slidable in the lower one of its bearings b this lower bearing being secured to the adjacent post f of the frame. The upper bearing b is rigidly connected to the outer edge of plate 2' and is therefore movable vertically with the carriage. It will therefore be observed that the shaft a moves vertically with the carriage, but does not carry. with it the gear 2 this gear being allowed to rest in engagement with pinion g To the inner end of shaft 6 is secured th closed end of a cylinder g whose inner open end fits within a flanged head-plate 7L3, bolted rigidly to the plate 77* of the carriage. The nails are fed into cylinder g through an opening in the head h by means of a hopper 2' and the nails are fed out of this cylinder by means of grooved rails or troughs j supported upon head h and extending outward through openings in the same at a point below the hopper, these troughs 7' inclining downward toward their discharge ends. There are four of these troughs or channels shown; but it is evident that a greater or less number may be employed, if desired. A guard-plate k is secured to the inner side of head-plate 71. and grooved to fit down over the channels 7' whereby the nails as they are fed into the cylinder through hopper i will be prevented from falling directly into said channels, and thereby clogging them. The nails are delivered into these channels by the rotation of cylinder 9 the speed of this cylinder being just sufficient to carry the nails around by centrifugal force and drop them into the channels. Only a few of the nails carried up and dropped fall into the channels; but enough fall into them to keep them full. The channels are of a width and depth to receive the body of the nail and suspend it within the channel by its head, as shown in Fig. 17. As the nails drop into the channels they will be fed downward and outward by gravity, the jar of the machinery being sufficient to insure the nails sliding down the channels. The upper edges of the lower ends of the channel are stepped at 1 so that each channel will discharge its nails one by one, the steps being only of suflicient width to receive one nail at a time. t

The lower ends of the channelsj terminate, respectively, adjacent to the open ends of vertical slots m formed in a block W, supported upon a rigid bracket-plate 0 bolted to the face of the head it below the ends of the channels j The slots m form, in efiect continuations of the channels, and at their inner ends they are enlarged to permit the heads of the nails to pass, so that when the nails reach the enlarged ends of the slots they drop verticallytherethrough. The lower end of each channel is provided with a lip 10 which forms one of the steps Z and extends out over the upper edge of block n in order to carry the nails to or nearly to the enlarged portions of slots m before discharging them. As the nails drop through the enlarged ends of slots of they fall into flanged notches (1 formed in the outer edge of plate 0 these notches being approximately of the form of a dovetail and being adapted to let the body portions of the nails pass through them, but to catch and suspend the nails by their heads. Supported below plate 0 upon rods r projecting from head-plate h is a sliding block 3 which is provided with an upward-extending flange t fitting against the outer edge of plate 0 and closing the notches Coincident with notches g the block 5 is provided with vertical holes u through which the nails may drop vertically into the deliverytubes o hereinafter described. Upon the upper face of slide-block s is formed a series of ribs 10 which work in groovesin the bottom of plate 0 these grooves being coincident with notches 1 whereby when block 8 is slid outward on its rods r these ribs will push the nails out of the notches and permit them to fall through passages u into the tubes '0 the flange 25 moving away from the notches as the block moves, and thereby opening the notches sufficiently to permit the nails to be pushed out of them. It will be observed that the nails remain upright while passing through the channels 7' block W, plate 0 and slide 3 so thatif the block a be deep enough the nails will rest end on end in the enlarged passages through said block; but I prefer that block n be just deep enough to receive one nail at a time. It will also be observed that there can be no clogging of nails in the passages, as the nails can only feed one by one from each channel, the nail or nails in passages in block n preventing others being delivered from channels, as shown. With each reciprocation of slide-block 3 four nails will be discharged into the delivery-tubes below, and no additional nails can drop into notches g until said slide is pushed back.

The slide 5 is operated by the depending side arms 09 of a yoke g these depending arms being pivoted to brackets .2 bolted to head It upon opposite sides of the channels 9' the bar connecting these depending arms lying across the head 71 ata suitable point below the hopper 7L and being normally pressed outward away from head it by means of a spring a secured to the upper edge of said head hi. The lower ends of arms 00 pivot-ally engage over lugs 19 on said slide s so that the slide will be normally drawn in under plate 0 but may be forced outward therefrom by pressing the upper end of yoke g toward head h The yoke 11 is tripped by means of a finger 0 secured to the upper cross-bar d of the supplemental carriage, the upper part of this carriage being steadied and guided by a pair of rods 6 projecting from the side edges of the main carriage, said carriage consisting, essentially, of said bar d vertical side bars f and a base-plate 9 the front edge'of the base-plate being curved to correspond to the curvature of the clencher-plate, near the lower edge of which said curved front edge lies. This supplemental carriage is supported by said rods 6 and by another pair of longer rods 714, which extend outward between the two posts f and are connected rigidlytogether at their outer extremities by means of a transverse bar 1', one end of which extends outward laterally and carries at its extended end a depending rod j, the lower end of which is braced to the adjacent rod h by means of an inclined brace 16 This rodj passes loosely through a hole in the outer end of rod 12 this sliding connection permitting rod 9' and its attached parts to move vertically without disturbing the adjustment of rod 12 but at the same time preventing one being adjusted horizontally without a corresponding movement of the other. It will thus be observed that by adjusting rod Q12 endwise in its bearing the frames it may be adjusted forward or backward and that the main carriage may be vertically adjusted without disturbing the connection between the adjusting-rod o and said supplemental carriage-frame.

The rods it rest and work in long grooves in the upper face of a hammer-plate 1, (shown in detail in Fig. 15%) which is supported slidingly upon base-plate h being guided thereon by lateral lugs m working in slots in side bracketsj and by a bolt n depending from its forward end and working in a slot in the base-plate k Secured across the inward or forward endpf this hammer-plate is a bar 0 which confines rods h in their grooves. This hammer frame or plate is centrally slotted for the passage of shaft a and the reception of its actuatin g-spring 19 which bears against a lug g at one end (said lug being formed on the base plate 72?) and against the inner end of the slot, thereby normally pressing the hammer-plate inward toward the supplemental carriage. A roller r is journaled upon the hammer-plate at its outer end, and adapted to contact with said roller is a cam 3, arranged horizontally upon shaft a so that upon the rotation of said shaft the cam will engage roller 7' and force out the hammer Z To hold the hammer out when it is pressed out by said cam, a springactuated pawl is pivoted on one of the brac'ketsj and normally held up in the path of the extended end of one of lugs m, the lower side of this lug being beveled to facilitate its passage over the pawl on the outward movement of the hammer. The pawl is disengaged from lug m at the proper moment by the hand of the attendant, a lever 11/, pivoted on one of the posts f and connected to said pawl by a link o being employed to facilitate the operation of the pawl. When the hammer is locked by the pawl in the outer extremity of its movement, the cam .9 may rotate without coming in contact with the roller 7". 7

Pivoted upon the upper side of plate 9 is a pair of hammer-levers 20 which extend inward toward each other and lie in the path of the hammer Z so that said hammer when released strikes against the outer curved edges of these levers and forces their inner ends inward toward the clenche r-plate 0. Each hammer-lever 10 is adapted to strike two naildriving pins 00 each of which works in a block 11*, secured rigidly to base plate 9 These four blocks y are arranged in the arc of a circle conforming to the curvature of the clencher-plate and the front edge of plate 9 the forward ends of these blocks projecting beyond said curved edge of plate g, so that when the supplemental carriage is adjusted inward as far as it will go the forward ends of said blocks bear directly against the overlapped ends of the hoop. Connected to each block 3 is one of the delivery-tubes 12 these tubes being curved upward and having their upper open ends clamped to a barz secured across standardsf at such a heightthat when the supplemental frame is at the outer extremity of its movement the upper open ends of the tubes will register with the passages u of the nail-feeding devices. The lower ends of tubes 12 are secured to the blocks y by clamps a and each tube discharges its'nails into an open recess 19 in its block, this recess communicating with a passage 0 through which the driving-pin m works, so that upon each forward movement of the driving-pin :hoop andclenched by plate 0'. pin x is normally retracted by a suitable coilthe cam is passed.

'the nail which has been dropped into said passage 0 (and in which it lies in a horizontal position) will be driven forward out of passage a into the overlapped ends of the Each drivingspring d confined on the pin between its headed outer end and the bottom of a recess formed in the outer end of the block y".

These springs d keep the pins pressed norplates of the carriage, coil-springs 2' being confined in said tubes g to keep the clencherplate normally pressed inward or forward. To limit the inward movement of the clencherplate, its hereinbefore-described side arms (1 are hooked at their outer ends and engage over the before-described guide-bars 6 these 'bars 6* being secured to the posts f and inclined upward and inward, for the purpose herein before set forth.

To vertically adjust the carriage, rack 9' is attached to one of the flanges n of the carriage, and engaging in this rack is a toothed segment k secured to a short rock-shaft Z journaled in a bracket m bolted to the outer edge of one of the posts f said shaft i having secured to it an operating-lever of, carrying a pawl adapted to engage a ratchet-segu1ent0 rigidly bolted to one side of the bearing m By these devices the carriage may be vertically adjusted and locked in its adjusted position.

Operation ofnat'lt'ng mechanism. A quantity of nails having been placed in cylinder 5 the operator throws lever 15 to the right, thereby rotating shaft a and the nail-cylinder, causing the nails to be fed to the delivery devices in the manner described. The rotation of shaft a causes cam s to force back the hammer, which is locked in its outer position by pawl The supplemental carriage is now relieved of the pressure of the hammer, and it may he slid back under the nail-delivery devices, the act of drawing it back tripping yoke 11 and delivering one nail into each of the tubes "0 from which they pass into the nail-holdersy Then when the hoop is completely wound around the barrel the operator throws the carriage forward against the overlapped parts of the hoop and then trips pawl 25 and releases the hammer, whereupon the hammer moves forcibly inward and drives the nails. If additional blows are necessary to completely drive and clench the nails, the operator holds pawl p down, whereby the cam s will again bring back the hammer for another blow, said cam being straight on one side, so that the roller 7* may move inward as soon as the point of It is obvious that during 

